On June 20, 2024, Second Secretary Nishimura Tokiko of the Japanese Embassy attended the turnover ceremony for “The Project for the Procurement of Water Purification System for Barangay Mabato in Rosario, Batangas”. The ceremony was also attended by Golden Wheel Awards Foundation, Inc. (GWAFI)...
Insular Life (InLife) announced that customers of Aboitiz-led Union Bank of the Philippines and UnionBank Financial Services and Insurance Brokerage Inc. (UFSI) may now avail of its critical insurance plan called Resilience. Resilience is a traditional whole-life plan that provides life insurance...
Senators on Tuesday, June 25 welcomed the dismissal of the remaining drug cases that have been hurled against former senator Leila De Lima. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he is hoping that De Lima would still join in the upcoming 2025 senatorial elections and win a...
Charge d’Affaires Dr. Sadre Alam of the Indian Embassy with Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITACH) Director General Ma. Teresa C. Inigo, MD, FPCAM, CESE, and First Secretary of Press, Information and Culture Kannan Chockalingam of the Indian Embassy The Embassy...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri underscored the need to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), especially the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), following recent and brazen acts of aggression and violence coming from the Chinese maritime authorities in the West...
The Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC), which serves as the governance body of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), has elected its new set of board of directors and officers that will help oversee the operations of the country’s power spot market. The reconstituted board...
An organization of business groups expressed their support to the country’s soldiers and marines for their service to the nation amid conflict in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement on Friday, June 21, the Philippine Business Groups said it laud the dedication and self-sacrifice of the men...
An Exchange of Notes for The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) was signed by Ambassador Endo Kazuya and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique A. Manalo on May 17, 2024 at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Japan commits Y327 million (approximately ₱121...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam Experts on Thursday, June 20, called on governments of countries with high prevalence of Hepatitis C to declare it a public emergency to meet the goals set by international bodies to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Global health experts discuss the urgent need to...
Senators expressed differing views over Vice President Sara Duterte's resignation from all her Cabinet positions on Wednesday, June 19. Vice President Sara Duterte (file photo) Senators expressed differing views over Vice President Sara Duterte's resignation from all her Cabinet positions on...
On June 5, 2024, a ceremony was held to send-off the 16th batch of Filipino candidates for nurse and certified care worker under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) at the Department of Migrant Workers in Mandaluyong City. First Secretary and Labor Attaché Kanno Chihiro...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo) Two days after the June 17 rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, details of the botched operation have finally come to light which explained why China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel, who were supposed to be civilian...
